Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray is a plant in the Solanaceae family, order Solanales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray

Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray

Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray is a thorny shrub with fleshy leaves, spotted white flowers, and small bright red berries.

Family
Genus
Lycium
Order
Solanales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray

Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray is a thorny shrub with rigid, spreading branches. It produces thick, fleshy, bulbous green leaves that measure 3–10 millimetres (0.12–0.39 in) in length. Its flowers are widely triangular bell-shaped, white with purple streaks or spots. This plant bears bright red, shiny berries 3–6 millimetres (0.12–0.24 in) in diameter, and produces oblong seeds.

Photo: (c) Stephanie Calloway, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephanie Calloway · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Solanales Solanaceae Lycium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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